Archipelagos · Camagüey
Cayos Los Hierros
Cayos Los Hierros is an island group at 20°39′19″N 78°40′25″W in Camagüey province.
Cayos Los Hierros: coast and water
3470 m at 257°: Punta de Indios (point); 11770 m at 299°: Punta Las Crucecitas (point); 15460 m at 7°: Canal de la Lisa (channel); 19660 m at 302°: Canal de Boca de Piedra Chica (channel); 20720 m at 305°: Punta de Pilotos (point); 21060 m at 303°: Pasa Piedra Grande (channel); 25180 m at 102°: Canalizo Mexicana (channel); 29420 m at 307°: Ensenada Las Anclitas por el Norte (cove).
Cayos Los Hierros: islands
2010 m at 100°: Cayos Los Carabineros (island group); 2710 m at 115°: Laberinto de Las Doce Leguas (island group); 4040 m at 280°: Cayo Ballena (islet); 4240 m at 98°: Cayo Carabinero (island); 7500 m at 360°: Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas (island group); 10210 m at 346°: Cayo Vivero (island); 10710 m at 50°: Cayo Tarantín (island); 13120 m at 71°: Cayo La Poza (island); 13400 m at 67°: Cayo Peralta (island); 16160 m at 16°: Cayo La Lisa (island); 16410 m at 310°: Cayo Piedra Chica (island); 18760 m at 72°: Cayos Los Chinos (island group).
Cayos Los Hierros: inland
48130 m at 24°: Las Casimbas (locality); 50490 m at 30°: San Cristóbal de la Garrapata (locality); 50810 m at 60°: Arroyo Naranjo (stream); 50980 m at 37°: Santo Domingo (hamlet); 52760 m at 37°: San Nicolás (locality); 53250 m at 59°: Sabanilla (locality).
Cayos Los Hierros: distances
70500 m at 85°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 72800 m at 86°: Playa Bonita; 84440 m at 7°: Playa Santa María; 120700 m at 45°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 177200 m at 56°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 183320 m at 312°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 36760 m at 323°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.
Cayos Los Hierros: close by
2010 m at 100°: Cayos Los Carabineros (island group); 2710 m at 115°: Laberinto de Las Doce Leguas (island group); 3740 m at 276°: Cayos Los Indios (island group); 3800 m at 104°: Cayo Bartolo (cay); 3860 m at 344°: Cayo Mangle Prieto (cay); 4040 m at 280°: Cayo Ballena (cay); 4230 m at 98°: Cayo Carabinero (cay); 7480 m at 44°: Cayo Las Cruces (cay); 7490 m at 360°: Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas (island group); 8370 m at 289°: Cayos Cachiboca (island group); 8510 m at 31°: Cayo Felipe (cay); 8750 m at 23°: Cayo Yuraguama (cay).
Cayos Los Hierros: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.
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Cayos Los Hierros: marine life records
1005 records of 77 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2025: 548 fish, 454 corals, 2 molluscs, 1 turtles. That is 142.2 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 115 (corals); Porites astreoides, 58 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 46 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 44 (fish); Scarus iseri, 40 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 40 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 35 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 34 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 33 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 32 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 30 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 29 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayos Los Hierros: notes
Ask an operator which cays can be reached.
Getting to Cayos Los Hierros
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Cachiboca stands about 8.4 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.